Catholic Public Domain Version
"but instead like a woman who is an adulteress, who prefers strangers to her own husband. "
— Ezekiel 16:32, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!”
“A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband! ”
“A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!”
““‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!”
“But is an adulteress, that bringeth in strangers over her husband.”
“The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!”
“But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!”
And you multiplied your fornications in the land of Canaan with the Chaldeans. And even then, you were not satisfied.
With what can I cleanse your heart, says the Lord God, since you do all these things, the works of a woman who is a shameless prostitute?
For you have built your brothel at the head of every way, and you have made your exalted place on every street. And you have not even been like a choosy prostitute, increasing her price,
but instead like a woman who is an adulteress, who prefers strangers to her own husband.
Wages are given to all prostitutes. But you have given wages to all your lovers, and you have given gifts to them, so that they would enter to you from every side, in order to fornicate with you.
And it is done with you, in your fornications, contrary to the custom of women, and even after you, there will be no such fornication. For in as much as you have given payment, and not taken payment, what has been done in you is the contrary.”
Because of this, O harlot, listen to the word of the Lord.